שְׁאֵלshᵉʼêl
Pe`al: active (Daniel 2:10; Ezra 5:9; Ezra 5:10)
Pronunciation: sheh-ale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7593
Meanings
1. ask for, request (Daniel 2:10; Daniel 2:11; Daniel 2:27)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 5:9 “We asked the leaders, ‘Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?’
- Ezra 5:10 And we demanded their names so that we could tell you who the leaders were.
- Ezra 7:21 “I, Artaxerxes the king, hereby send this decree to all the treasurers in the province west of the Euphrates River: ‘You are to give Ezra, the priest and teacher of the law of the God of heaven, whatever he requests of you.
- Daniel 2:10 The astrologers replied to the king, “No one on earth can tell the king his dream! And no king, however great and powerful, has ever asked such a thing of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer!
- Daniel 2:11 The king’s demand is impossible. No one except the gods can tell you your dream, and they do not live here among people.”
- Daniel 2:27 Daniel replied, “There are no wise men, enchanters, magicians, or fortune-tellers who can reveal the king’s secret.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).